Preventing scaling caused by hard water without the use of chemicals ... a unique green technology

Preventing scaling caused by hard water without the need to use chemicals. A unique green technology.

Scaling caused by hard water is a worldwide problem it builds up in process systems, heating systems, air condi¬tioning systems and even irrigation systems. Traditional methods to prevent it involve water softening, deminer¬alisation or the addition of chemicals. All of which are expensive and polluting. If it is allowed to form then very often only acid can be used to remove it which in turn is dangerous.

Fluid Dynamics International Limited of the UK has been preventing scaling throughout the world for 35 years without using any chemicals or salt.

Scaling is caused by calcium carbonate that is normally invisible in water but when water is heated it deposits Calcium carbonate in the form of a white coating on pipes and on the surfaces of heat exchangers and boilers and other process equipment.

This coating forms an insulating layer leading to energy inefficiency and eventually blocking up of pipework systemsUtilising its unique catalytic technology Fluid Dynamics' Scaletron and Colloid-A-Tron products literally neutralise the calcium carbonate in the water that would normally cause hardwater scale by creating a small electrical current.

As water passes through the equipment the effect of the different elements in the catalytic alloy is such as to generate an electrical current and this in turn causes the pH of water passing over the central core of the equip¬ment to rise.. the rise in pH forces calcium carbonate to come out of solution into suspension and it passes down the pipework without sticking to metal surfaces.

With applications in Process Industry, Office Blocks, Hospitals, Private Villas, Universities, Oil, Food and Engi¬neering Companies and clients as diverse as McDonald's, Pfizer and Unilever. Fluid Dynamics has over 200,000 installations of its equipment all over the world.

The products are simply installed in a length of pipework (supplied) and become part of the pipework system. They require no electricity and no maintenance and all carry a performance guarantee. In some case existing scaled up systems will actually descale and become clean again as previously built up scale is gradually reabsorbed back into the water.

For example in Thailand at Cotto Tiles, Part of Siam Cement one of the largest companies in Thailand a process pipeline almost 1/2 mile long was descaled over a period of 4 months .. shown here are pictures of the pipe before and after.

After shows bare metal starting to appear and a reduction of 6 mm in scale thickness. Success In Peru Rico Polio is one of the largest food processing compa¬nies in Peru and suffered severe scaling in one of their York Cooling towers used for the refrigeration plant. When a new cooling tower was installed. A 5' diameter Fluid Dynamics Colloid-A-Tron Catalytic scale preventer was installed in the recirculating system treating 140 m3/hr of cooling water.

Previously the system used to suffer with serious scaling but one year after installation no scale has formed in the Colloid-A-Tron protected system. Fluid Dynamics scale prevention products have applica¬tions in Cooling circuits for process equipment, hot water heaters, steam boilers and even on ships and oil rigs . Basically anywhere hard water flows there is probably an application for Catalytic scale prevention. Fluid Dynamics scale prevention systems are easily installed using threaded ends or flanges. No need for any electrical power and no maintenance is required once a unit is installed.

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